Wu Zixu saw that the enemy troops on the two peaks withdrew at night, and knew that the situation was not good, for the sake of prudence, he still made people control the left and right peaks first, and then led the army through the valley to the city, the city residents did not need to attack, then opened the city gate to greet each other, and the middle-aged and respected people in the city were carried trembling to meet Wu Zixu, and presented a letter of celebration.
Wu Zixu read the letter and hurriedly made people gallop to Baijin to listen to the movement, there was only one empty camp left, Qingji's army really did not know where to go, Wu Zixu did not dare to hesitate, and immediately returned to Yingdu at full speed to report to Ji Guang, Ji Guang was shocked when he heard the news.
Wu Zixu and Bo Yu carefully calculated, because of the twists and turns of the river, the road was repeated, so although Qingji took the waterway, it would not be faster than their preset land marching route, although Qingji walked a day earlier, but the waterway to Wu was three or five nights later than his land action.
Having come to this conclusion, Ji Guangfang was a little relieved, and he immediately ordered the requisition of all the mules, horses, ox carts of the Chu people, and the army marched east to return home.
Before leaving, another fire burned down the palace of Yingdu, which had been looted by him a long time ago.
When Fei Wuji found the king of Chu and escorted the king of Chu back on the same road, when the army rushed to Yingdu, the Qingji army and the Wu army had already rushed to Wu along the land and water routes, and the original palace in the city of Yingdu was only a ruined wall burned into ruins.
The northwestern frontier army of the Chu people is cooperating with the Qin army to fight the southward army of the Jin state.
And the three Miao tribes in the south of the Chu people, and even some of the small Bo countries that were originally subordinated to the Chu State are also about to move, Yingdu has been looted again, the vitality of the Chu State is greatly damaged, and it is in urgent need of stabilizing the country, in this case, it is bound to be unable to fight in many ways, so the little Chu king and the ministers who have just returned to Yingdu have to face a first choice: whether to gather the army of King Qin to go south with the Wu army, and take advantage of the opportunity of Qingji and Ji Guang to fight for the throne to the death, take the opportunity to annihilate Ji Guang's army, or leave the army to defend the capital, and divide the rest of the men and horses into two, Some of them were sent to suppress the Sanmiao tribe and the rebellious Xiaobo Kingdom, and the other part was sent to reinforce the Northwest Frontier Army and beat the Jin people back to their hometown.
The results of the discussion were surprisingly unanimous, and almost all ministers chose the second path.
The reason is that compared to the strength of the Jin State, the Wu people are just a wolf at the foot of the giant elephant, the wolf can take away a piece of meat, but the giant elephant can step on the Chu State, if the Jin people defeat the Qin people, the Qi and Jin coalition army goes south, the situation in the whole world will inevitably change, and the Chu State can be expected to fall into the country.
As for the state of Wu, there is no such risk, it is better to let Qingji and Ji Guang kill each other, no matter who wins, it will be a tragic victory, at that time, there will be no strength to invade the state of Chu again, if the state of Chu forms an alliance with Qin to defeat the Qi and Jin coalition forces, it will be the overlord of the world, and it will be easy to deal with the state of Wu at that time.
What's more, the state of Chu encountered this great disaster and needed to stabilize the interior, after some deliberation, it was reasonable for the little Chu king to listen to whoever he spoke, and in the end, Fei Wuji was the master and chose the second decision.
The real reason why these ministers and doctors chose this way is that some people are afraid of the ferocity of the Wu people; Some people really take a long-term view, and feel that the Jin people who have not yet killed the territory of Chu are the real threat to Chu State; Some are because they were taken away by the head of the family and taken hostage, hoping that the head of the family would never come back, the family can redistribute power, and they can get a piece of the pie as the elite of the family, and there are various reasons, most of which are not enough for outsiders.
As soon as Fei Wuji unified the opinions of the ministers, he immediately sent Zixi to lead a route army to the northwest to reinforce the Jin army in the name of the king of Chu.
The general Yan went to the south to suppress the Sanmiao tribe and the ambitious Zhubo country, and then sealed the world on the grounds of driving away the Wu people and returning the capital to victory, and installed cronies everywhere and appointed private individuals, and he was even more indispensable, not only taking over the post of Ling Yin of Nangwa, but also three dukes in one body, and the power was in power, and the majesty was unmatched.
Qingji's army sailed into the Yangtze River from Baijindu, and after going down the river for dozens of miles, it set sail quickly.
On the river, hundreds of warships descended and took advantage of the wind to travel eastward.
There were occasional fishermen's boats on the river, and they were stunned when they saw this large warship that had never been seen before without oars.
The hunting wind is blowing, the sails are blowing vigorously, and the river is going east, how fast it is.
At the beginning, he also wanted to make people paddle and make the ship faster, but this new warship, those boatmen were not familiar with the use, and then made the manpower paddle, the speed was faster, and the rudder was not well mastered, and a warship in front of it rushed straight to the reef at the bend, fortunately, according to Qingji's prompts, the battleship was set up with a grid of sealed cabins, and the battleship would not sink, and Qingji had no time to repair the battleship, so he let the soldiers on the battleship take the troop-carrying ship behind, and the army went straight to Jiangdong, He didn't dare to advocate any more with oars outside the sails.
When he crossed Chaocheng and wanted to cross the river east into the land of Wu, he learned from the riverside guards that Qingji's boat division had passed here three days ago, and he couldn't figure out how Qingji's ship arrived in front of him anyway, and when he heard the guard's account of the strange things that Qingji's fleet saw when it passed, Lu and Wu Zixu and Bo Lu looked at each other.
Although they still don't know what Qingji did to the ship, they vaguely guess that it must have something to do with him erecting a high pole on the ship, and hanging huge wooden planks on the pole.
"Wind power, this is with the help of wind power, how did he think of such an idea, since the assassination of Dajiang, Qingji seems to have changed a person, could it be that there is divine help" As soon as he thought of this, Wu Zixu was shocked in his heart, but he immediately overturned his thoughts: "Impossible, if the gods really have eyes, how can they sit back and watch my Wu family's loyal martyrs being slaughtered and poked, Qingji must have encountered some hidden master to help, so there is such a reborn change." ” Wu Zixu thought of this, and hurriedly said: "The king doesn't need to panic, since he knew that Qingji had buried an ambush in Lu State, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has strengthened the vigilance of Gusu City, His Royal Highness the Prince is resourceful, the husband is brave and good at fighting, and the newly built Gusu City is the first Xiongcheng in Jiangdong, even if Qingji rushes back to Wu State a few days earlier, he will definitely not be able to capture Gusu City." ” Speaking of this, he said proudly and conceitedly: "With the majestic danger of Gusu City, as long as it is properly defended, it is not possible to seize the city unless it is besieged by 100,000 troops for three years."
We are rushing back now, just to block Qingji's retreat, let him suffer from the enemy on his back, and he will be destroyed under the city of Gusu. ” Although he was comforted by Wu Zixu, He Lu was still apprehensive in his heart, and he immediately ordered to cross the river immediately and speed up the journey to Gusu City.
At this time, Qingji's army had landed on Chang'an, and was rushing to Gusu at night, which was still two days away from Gusu City.
At this time, Sun Wuzheng led his army to rest in Taihu Lake, and sent a horse to wait for his arrival.
After Candle Yong secretly rushed to Wuyuan to rebel against the local defenders, Sun Wu and several other brigade commanders led several teams of men and horses to intersperse behind enemy lines, and met at Kasawa.
When he arrived outside the city of Gusu, he got in touch with the fine work, and got the detailed layout of the city of Gusu today, and Sun Wu knew that the city of Gusu was easy to defend and difficult to attack, as if it was an iron wall, and its majesty was far from being described by the fine workers in words.
This capital city built by Wu Zixu personally attaches great importance to military defense design, and the ability of the husband to defend the city is even more remarkable, as soon as Sun Wu got the detailed information of Gusu City, he knew that his original estimate was correct, and this city could not be forcibly captured by his soldiers and horses.
Fucha, a young man who was not as weak as the crown, supervised the country as the crown prince and sat in Gusu City, which showed his outstanding military talent in the defense of Gusu.
Fucha had received a report from the soldiers who had fled back from the Wu-Yue border that before Sun Wu arrived, Gusu City had entered a state of full readiness.
The alert began thirty miles outside the city of Gusu.
The husband moved all the Wu people within 30 miles outside the city of Gusu into the city, bulldozed all the houses within 30 miles, burned all the trees, threw poison into the wells, and carried out the clearing of the wilderness.
Ten miles away from the city, around the city of Gusu began to erect an arrow tower, every 100 steps set up an arrow tower, stationed on three Wu army, responsible for reconnaissance and vigilance, during the day found that the military situation will raise the flag to warn, at night found that the enemy army will light the fire to warn, want to send in a sentry of men and horses, suddenly seize the city gate by force, and then the ambush outside the city forcibly seize the city is simply impossible, the army comes, as early as ten miles away will be discovered, the Wu army will immediately stand full of Gusu city head, a sentry ambush even if they can enter the Gusu city, and how can they have the opportunity to approach the city gate Under these arrow towers, Fucha also set up important roads and checkpoints, responsible for inspecting the people, business travelers, and messengers from all over the city who often traveled to and from Gusu City.
At the same time, many five-person teams led by Wu Chang were also dispatched to reconnoiter the wind and grass near Gusu City at any time.
With such a tight defense, even if you have the ability to reach the sky, you don't want to get half a step closer to Gusu City without knowing it.
As for the city defense and armament of Gusu City, those meticulous works are limited to their identities and cannot be fully mastered, but from the information they know so far, Gusu City is already a terrifying war machine armed to the teeth.
Forty-seven miles around Gusu City, there are sixteen water and land city gates, even among the northern countries, it is considered a big city.
The city is strong and majestic, with two walls inside and outside.
The moat outside the city makes full use of the abundant water source in the south of the Yangtze River and the geographical advantages of the nearby lakes, the narrowest place has 17 zhang, the widest place is simply borrowed from the moat river that the original lake penetrates, it is actually more than 50 zhang wide, only this barrier, it is not easy to attack the city.
On the side of the moat, the bank of the river is three feet away from the city wall, and bamboo thorns of different lengths are staggered underwater.
There is a low wall behind the moat, and during the war, the Tibetan army cooperates with the defenders of the city to shoot the enemy, and then inward, there is a horse belt that is as wide as the width of the horse, which can be used to obstruct the enemy's ladder, and under the base of the wall, there are several rows of sharp wooden stakes half a meter above the ground, which have the function of hindering the enemy from climbing the city and stabbing the fallen enemy.
Next is the Gusu city wall, which is the last barrier to enter the city.
The city wall of Gusu city is a few points higher than the city wall of Qufu of Lu country, up to five zhang, the top of the wall is three zhang wide, there are the female walls of Tibetan soldiers and archery on both sides of the extension wall, and the attic of the outer city wall is built every twenty zhang on the city wall, so as to eliminate the dead corner under the city and the attic of the enemy army under the city.
The wall is more than ten zhang thick, and even if the city foundation is hollowed out, it will not collapse due to the loss of the center of gravity and will only sink.
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As for the city gates, there are 16 water and land gates in Gusu City, all of which are two city gates inside and outside, and there are also hanging gates, suspension bridges, transfer bridges and other organs set up according to the terrain.
The sturdy gates were equipped with shooting holes that could be opened and closed, and for fire protection, the gates were wrapped in bronze and reinforced with staggered rivets.
Sun Wu couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this information, he thought that Ji Guang led a large number of Wu troops to Chu State, and the main force of the army and soldiers who stayed in the country guarded the Wu-Yue border, due to the rebellion of the Dongyi people, and now attracted a large number of people and horses to rush to the Yangtze River to defend, the defenders in Gusu City have been extremely limited, as long as they quickly penetrate under Gusu City, they still have a chance to take advantage of it.
However, Wu Zixu spared no expense to build this big city, which has really brought into full play the various war conditions relying on the defense of Xiongcheng.
Sun Wu calculated a little, if he defended the city, with a strong and dangerous city like Gusu City, even if there were 100,000 troops besieging the city, he only needed 4,000 soldiers, and he could severely defeat the strong enemy's spirit in the main attack direction of Gusu City, which was two miles wide.
There are 9,000 defenders in Gusu City, and as for civilian men, healthy women, and even the old and young, there are as many as 60,000 residents who can walk on the city wall and serve as auxiliaries, logistics, and miscellaneous servants.
As for Sun Wu, he only has less than 8,000 men and horses in his hands, and he has to guard against the Wu army that returned to Gusu from Hanyi in the north and Yu'er City in the south to rescue the capital As soon as he understood these circumstances, Sun Wu began to plan a new strategy in his heart, on the one hand, he used the Wu State News Network handed over to him by Mrs.
Cheng Bi to open all his eyes and ears to inquire about the news of Qingji's army at any time, and on the other hand, he canceled the attempt to attack Gusu, directly led the army around Gusu, and began to cut off the Wu army stationed on the outer flank of Gusu.
Wucheng, Hongshang, and Gusu Mountain Sun Wu fought all the way around Gusu City, and beat the officers and soldiers of the Acropolis stationed on the periphery of Gusu City, but the Fucha in Gusu City calmed down, ignored his provocation at all, and did not transfer a soldier out of the city to fight, but sent three teams of messengers one after another to transfer Uncle Wang to Hanyi to return to the city to relieve the siege.
After several battles, Sun Wu's troops were also damaged, the number of soldiers decreased, the wounded soldiers increased, and they urgently needed to rest and recuperate.
This day, Sun Wu led the troops to Taihu Lake for a temporary rest, he set up camp, just rested for a day, there was an eyeliner sent the news, Qingji army landed on the long bank, all the way to the gallop, only two days away.
Sun Wu raised his eyebrows when he heard the line, he immediately spread out the sheepskin map in the tent and looked at Qingji's route carefully, and said happily: "If the prince can arrive before Helu, this will have a great chance."
He raised his head and asked, "Where is Ji Guang now?"
The spy said, "I haven't heard from Ji Guang yet. ” Sun Wu raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Quickly investigate the dynamics of the Wu army such as Ji Guang, Fu Xu, and Yu'er City, and report back at any time as soon as there is news." ” "Obey" The scout hurriedly retreated, Sun Wufu lowered his head and looked at the map of Wu again, pondered for a moment, pointed a little on the map with his finger, and said without raising his head: "General Ying, you temporarily lead the whole army to rest here, I will lead a sentry to welcome Gongzi, the first big battle after entering Wu is about to start, this battle is very important, you have to prepare carefully." ” "The Last Will Do Duty" After these times of contact, the originally arrogant Ying Tao, the Qi warrior of the same age as himself has been convinced, the two of them were originally of similar status, on the qualifications of Ying Tao and above Sun Wu, to Qingji appointed Sun Wu as the commander of the whole army, Ying Tao was originally quite dissatisfied, but at this time he was willing to serve him as the main general, as soon as he got the military order, immediately hugged his fists and received the order.
In Gusu City, Prince Wu was meeting with the envoys of Yue at the moment.
Linggufu, the doctor of the Yue Kingdom, was solemn, with a neat crown and belt, and saluted to the husband: "The Yue King of the East China Sea is allowed to send his ministers Linggufu, see His Royal Highness the Prince of Dawu." ” The husband was dressed in a gorgeous suit, knelt on the side of the king with a sword, and sneered: "Linggufu, Yue is a subject country of my Wu country, and I should have visited twice a year, and I paid tribute to rice, grain, and wealth to fulfill my courtesy."
The first visit this year has been delayed so far, I heard that you only brought five carts when you entered the city, do you think that I Wu is in trouble with foreign relations, and I can't afford to look south, so I came to spy on the movement Haha, you see that my Gusu city is like a mountain, Qingji can be attacked by a lone army?"
Linggu was startled, and hurriedly saluted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives the sins, the king of the vassal country is loyal to the Wu State, abides by the courtesy, and never dares to have the slightest dissent. ” When he said this, he put on a sad face and said: "The ministers dare not hide Your Highness, the Yue country is a small country and a widow, the national strength is limited, last year there was an insect plague, the harvest is limited, this year's audience gift, for a while, there is no way to raise, so it has been delayed until now."
My king Yunchang is ashamed and ashamed, and he has no shame to face the king of the kingdom.
Or the ministers suggested to my king that Wu is a big country in Jiangdong, with plenty of fish and rice, and a prosperous country, for the courtiers, but they did their best, even if the gifts were less, the king of the kingdom would not blame, and my king listened, so he followed the advice of the ministers, and selected 50 stunning women as gifts in the Yue country. ” "Oh" The husband sent this person's surname to Xi Yuse, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be moved, and hurriedly asked: "You have offered fifty women to my father and king this year."
Linggu Fu corrected: "Yue Kingdom tribute fifty beauties, thirty people are dedicated to the king of Wu Kingdom, and twenty people are dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince." ” The color on Fucha's face suddenly softened, and he laughed: "Yun Chang is still interesting."
Haha, bring your gift to the palace, and let Prince Ben see what kind of beauty your poor and despicable Yue Kingdom can have. ” "It's the subordinates who obey the order" Ling Gufu didn't care about his insulting words, smiled slightly, and arched his hand.
The south gate of Gusu City opened, and a group of more than 100 people went out of Gusu City under the banner of Yueguo, and the heavy city gate behind him was suddenly closed, and Linggufu's shoulders were loosened, and he quietly spit out a breath of turbidity.
The deputy general beside him glanced back at the solemn Gusu Dacheng, and said in a low voice: "The husband sent this kid, and the soldiers are still idle to play with women when they come to the city." ” Linggu Fu said: "The hero is sad to be a beauty, the fat powder is the armor, the seat is the battlefield, to deal with such a self-proclaimed hero man, the beauty is smiling, better than the sword halberd, not to mention that this Gusu city is indeed impregnable, in my opinion, Qingji is absolutely difficult to attack." ” The deputy general next to him said movingly: "What the general said is, then do we still have a chance in Wu Guo?"
Linggufu's eyes flashed, and she said slowly: "Qingji is weak, and it goes without saying.
If we want to fight between the two tigers and profit from it, we must help the weak and resist the strong, so that they can fight and lose both.
And reply to the king, first wait and see what happens, if Qingji can make a difference, we will send troops to help, in Wu Jun's heart, a needle in the heart" Vice Admiral Linggufu nodded frequently when he heard this, and the convoy of the two gradually moved away, and when he turned around, he saw the big city standing there, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but show a wolf-like smile.
Qingji marched all the way, and in a few days the soldiers arrived at the city, not far from here, is Yanling.
Yanling Jizi is the uncle Ji Zha of today's King of Wu, a well-known gentle gentleman among the nations, with a prestige and Delong, who is unparalleled in the Wu Kingdom.
In order to show respect for Ji Zi, Wu Wang Lu did not dare to garrison troops in Xiancheng, for fear of making people suspect that he had the suspicion of monitoring Ji Zi, because this was a city without soldiers, and there were only some local officials and pawns who maintained law and order in the city, so Qingji was able to enter the city without blood.
Qingji's army took a boat all the way, and the soldiers were not tired, but after going ashore for a few days, they marched on their legs, and they had to rest for one night, otherwise they would not be able to fight again when they arrived in Gusu City.
Qingji settled down the army, remembering that Ren Ruoxi had suggested to him to use the help of Yanling Jizi, hesitated again and again, and summoned the generals of Baoyu, Jinglin, and Liang Huzi to discuss whether to go to Jizi, who was closed to the city and defended himself, and had decided to ask for help from Jizi, who had decided to have no contact with the Wu court, Qingji had just explained his intentions, and a soldier hurried to report: "Your Highness, there is a road outside the city, and the leader calls himself Sun Wu, knocking on the city to ask for a meeting" To be continued: